Palaver

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Quotations 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Quotations

English

Noun

1. talk, unnecessary talk, fuss
2. a meeting at which there is much talk

Quotations

meeting with much talk

• 1899 knowing full well the right time and the wrong time for a palaver of regret and disavowal, this battalion struggled in the desperation of despair. — Stephen Crane, Active Service, 1899

unnecessary talk, fuss

• 1899 but of course it could not be done without an almost endless amount of palaver— Stephen Crane, Active Service, 1899

Verb

1. to discuss with much talk

Quotations

• 1860: "That," he rejoined, "is a way we Americans have. We cannot stop to palaver. What would become of our manifest destiny?" — Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 30, April, 1860it:palaver